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French scientists investigate rise in Alpine snow turning red

In fact, the pinker shade of white is caused by blooms of normally invisible algae. French researchers say they change colour to protect themselves from ultraviolet light and that they may be proliferating due to global warming. They have just published their preliminary findings in Frontiers in Plant Science. “When you ski, you slide over these micro-algae,” said Eric Maréchal, the head of a plant physiology lab at Grenoble Alpes University and a leader of the project. “But you don’t notice them because they are green and less numerous,” he told The Telegraph. “They live off carbon dioxide and light. Then come bacteria that eat them.

Blood glaciers: why is Alpine snow turning pink?

Blood glaciers: why is Alpine snow turning pink?
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